mccaskill who is suspended from her job broke her silence. >> i was shocked, hurt, insulted. i was humiliated. >> reporter: this is the background. after maryland's legislature narrowly passed a law to legalize gay marriage, opponents circulated petitions to stop the legislation. upon hearing a sermon on marriage at her church, dr. mccaskill signed one of the petitions upsetting some in the university community. >> and she of all people should be open to any person of any divorce backgrounds, so signing something like this against a group of students where she is supposed to be supporting them opposed to undermining them. doesn't make sense. >> reporter: the administration suspended with pay as chief diversity officer and that upset others in the university community. >> i don't think she should have been suspended and think it's her right and freedom of speech to believe whatever she believes and sign what she wants to sign. >> reporter: mccaskill said

when a lesbian faculty member demanded the administration reprimand her, show proposed another path. >> i offered to have a campuswide dialogue on this sensitive issue. i believe in civil discourse. >> reporter: dr. mccaskill said she's not anti-gay but pro- democracy and declined to publicly say which way she will vote december 6th on the issue of gay marriage in maryland. her suspension from the job at gallaudet has been condemned from many directions, including the very conservative family research council, the rather liberal pro-gay marriage governor of maryland, martin o'malley. a group of black legislator voted both ways on the black marriage law and condemned the mccaskill suspension saying people's livelihood shouldn't be jeopardized for exercising the right of referendum. gallaudet characterized the suspension as prudent and

inviting mccaskill back to talk about high she might return as chief diversity officer. mccaskill's attorney said his client has been harmed by the ordeal but he's willing to talk and that is where the story stands right now. >> thank you for the update. big delays for riders on metro's redline after a train hit and killed a man at the farragut station. metro believed the man intentionally jumped in front of the chain and as a result, they forced the single track in both directions between judiciary square and dupont circle. things are now back to normal. one person is dead after a shooting in fairfax county and that happened in gets court. police arrested charles hamilton who is accused of shooting his 68-year-old sister ruth allen. he lied at the home on get's court. investigators believe the shooting stemmed from a personal dispute. another big story. day two in the trial of two

police officers accused of assaulting a university of maryland student back in 2010. today, the state called four police officers, including two from internal affairs, to testify about the investigation and the behavior of the accused police officers. fox 5s paul wagner is live at 5 in upper marlboro with the latest. paul, take it away. >> reporter: the jury was given a lot of information today about officers reginald baker and james harrison and their behavior in the hours before the incident, at the time of the incident and the days after the incident. one fact they were told is the fact that harrison and baker never reported the use of force against john mckenna that night, against the general orders of the police department. two of the officers who arrested john mckenna in the minutes after he was struck by a shield and riot baton testified for the prosecution today. he told the court that he didn't hear the striking

officers, baker and harrison, make any commands or a command to show his hands or get on the ground before pushing him up against the wall. another officer, sergeant mckinney told the court, he got a phone call from baker after this video was made public. mckinney said baker apologized to him saying it was re-- he was remorseful, not happy or proud o. cross-examination, mckinney asked him what baker was sorry for. >> he said he was sorry mckinney and others were being investigated by internal affairs. a third officer, internal affairs lieutenant charles wallsel to the court when he questioned james harrison on the left leaving court and showed him the video, harrison said he was only a witness and not one of the striking officers. the next day, hair concalled -- harrison called him back wanting to know what equipment to turn in, feeling his suspension was imminent. the state's last witness was an expert in thous of force.

a retired maryland state trooper who told the court in his opinion, baker and hairton use ised excessive force against mckenna and noting the student was not aggressive and kept his hands up when police approached. mckenna was arrested but all charges were dropped. that expert was questioned extensively by the defense attorneys this afternoon and went on for over a hour and ended a short while ago. the prosecution said they wanted to some followup questions. in fact, the state was supposed to rest this afternoon and that is going to take place tomorrow. we expect the defense to pick up tomorrow morning and begin their case. will? >> all right, we know you'll stay on top of the trial for us. thank you. we're hours away from the second presidential debate. it may keep arguments to a minimum but the event is critical for president obama and mitt romney. craig bosswell is live in hempstead, new york, with the

latest. craig. >> reporter: shawn, good eving to you. yeah, high-stakes, high-drama here at the university. less than four hours and uniting until president obama and mitt romney take the stage for the second of their three debates, taking place exactly three weeks before election day. tonight, it's a town hall-style debate. only the moderator will know the questions in advance. >> the set and format focused on the 80 people that will be here asking questions of the candidates. y that will be the ones whose questions the candidate will answer with two-minute answers each and two minutes to discuss the issue of it further. >> reporter: governor romney's strong performance -- performance in the first debate gave him a much-needed boost in nationwide polls and he'll try to keep the momentum tonight. >> i don't think he needs to go after president obama. i think what he did so well a week and a half ago was make his own case in details what he would do as president to address the problems. >> reporter: president obama has been prepping for the debate in williamsburg, virginia, the last few days and

is expected to be more aggressive this time around. >> the president is his harshest critic and looked back at the debate. he knows that he can do better. he's energized and is excited about the opportunity. i think the american people should expect to see a more passionate president obama laying out the case for why he's better for the middle class. >> reporter: he allowed for the a followup by the moderator. during tonight's 90-minute debate, it's expected about between 11 to 13 of the audience members of the 80 or so audience members will have to get in their questions. back to you. >> let me ask you about the members. are they random people who got to in in and got lucky or are they carefully selected? >> reporter: carefully slicked by gallop, they went and looked through undecided voters, the polling process. once they were convinced these were undecided voters, then they were allowed in. the questions were submitted to on in writing to the moderator.

she knows the questions. >> and quickly, let me ask you go about the questions. i know four years ago when barack obama and john mccain faced off, they got questions, say, from the internet and twitter. will those be used this year, do we know? >> reporter: i'm getting the sense that is not here tonight and anything can happen. they haven't alluded to that, so i'm not seeing that taking place. >> all right, craig bosswell, thank you very much. >> okay. and we want to hear from you as the presidential candidates square off tonight at 9:00. use the hash tag fox 5 you decide to tweet your thoughts during tonight's debate. we'll be using me of your the twos for a brand now show debuting as election day approaches. the fox 5 news edge, you decide 2012 will focus on local and national candidates and issues during the final two weeks of the campaign. the new show starts next monday at 6:30 p.m. on fox 5. it was a hooking trip that turned out to be more

adventurous than they wanted. two veterinarians are heading back home. the searchers found jason hiser of richmond and pekins of herndon yesterday in glacier national park in montana. they went on a hiking trip and missed their flight back home. the rent a car was not returned and worried wives called police. the massive search was launched for the men and they were in good condition. they fell over the ravine and had overnight gear and rationed the food and drinks. still ahead, dozens of local soldiers who returned home from afghanistan over the weekend were honored today. we're going to take to you the ceremony. >> there is a growing number of speed cameras in the district, and now some city leaders want to do something about the fines they're generation. i'm bob barnard, we'll have details coming up. tails coming . >> a beautiful day today. almost fall-like with temperatures holding in the 60s and, of course, we started off pretty cool this morning. will this trend continue or do

we see a bit of a warm-up around the corner? a first look at the forecast is coming up. stay with us, the news will continue. continue. 

maryland schools are number one in america because we invest in them. but we can do even more. every year marylanders spend five hundred and fifty million dollars at casinos in other states. question 7 keeps that maryland money in maryland through expansion of gaming in maryland. it will mean hundreds of millions of dollars for our schools. as governor, i can promise you, that money will go to education. that's the law and that's what we'll do. vote for question seven. but he's really creating debt. the facts are clear. obama's four deficits are the four largest in us history. he's adding almost as much debt as all 43 previous presidents -- combined. and over 30 cents of every dollar obama spends is borrowed. much of it from countries like china. he's not just wasting money, he's borrowing it and then wasting it. we can't afford four more years. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message.

. a major crash on route 3 in maryland put 11 people in the hospital. it happened about 7:30 in morning in crofton, in anne arundel county. it involved seven cars and closed the road in both

directions. sky fox overhead and about an hour later, traffic was barbie let -- barely getting by. injuries were minor and no word on what caused the crash. this is another accident. three people were flown to local hospitals, including two children after the crash here in clarksburg. it happened at little seneca parkway and route 355. the pickup was flipped on the side and within minutes, it was righted. investigators have not released the cause of this either. the price you pay for speed negligent district might be changing. a d.c. councilman introduced a bill that would cut speed camera fines. bob barnard is in the newsroom. how would it hurt? >> reporter: like it does in mont groomery and prince georges county, with a fine that most consider reasonable. the proposed changes in the district come as d.c. police prepare to set up in speed --

more speed camera across the city. >> reporter: the district has been making a mint off of drivers. this is on 295 near blue plains and at times splashing away every few secs. the speed limit, 50 miles an hour here. >> and these are everywhere, a nuisance. >> reporter: they're on a 25 miles per hour zone on 19th -- 19th street southeast near rfk stadium. >> come o two, three miles over the stadium and that is going to flash on you. that is ridiculous. and this is not fair. >> reporter: the fifth beef is about the amount and sum of the fine. >> i got one for 1.5 a couple of months ago and i am okay with it. i think it's steep. >> reporter: the complaints led two d.c. council members to create a task force to look into the matter. >> the automated enforcement is ultimately and uniformly about safety and protecting the public, but because of the amount of the fines, we have been worried that people are thinking that it's just a money

grab. >> reporter: the plan would be to lower fines to $50 and violations over 50 miles per hour over the posted limit, more in line with maximum fines of $40 in maryland. there are no speed cameras in virginia and despite the fact that the d.c. traffic fatality rates dropped 75% during the past 11 years of automated speed enforcement, council member tommy list said that complaints about have been about the bigger picture. >> it undermines the relationship between the government and government and we freed to restore that and be responsible about it. >> reporter: council mcnairy chay said -- council member mary chase said they need to be temporary. >> if we get less compliant, we will revisit it. >> reporter: she said the $150 fines issued when drivers get

caught by red light cameras in the city won't be changing because violations have dropped 70 to 80% at intersections with those cameras. shawn. >> appear to be working there. thank you, bob barnard. and now to weather, a live look outside. i guess it's another nice day, but definitely cooler than yesterday. >> beautiful day out there. >> yeah. >> perfect fall weather, gary mcgrady. >> it's that time of the year and you talk about this. they're downright chilly and. >> we're hoping so. >> and this is so, so nice. nothing is creeping into the area this evening or overnight tonight. you should be pretty good to go with what is basically coming our way, and i can expand this a bit and you those -- you see these clouds through tennessee,

that may skim through here and we might see a piece of that from time to time tomorrow and all the clouds to the east, the clouds associateed with hurricane rafael, that is going to be skirting the bermuda over the next 24 to 36 hours. don't worry, it stays away from the east coast. it just kind of a point of notice that their that we have a hurricane in the atlantic now. 64 degrees for washington. the current temperatures, 65 for quantico; fredericksburg up into the upper 60s now and cooler for hagerstown. they have dropped into the upper 50s, and basically touched 60 earlier this afternoon. and this is the great forecast for the evening, again, a little on the chilly side since you're going to be out late, especially in know by 10 or 11:00, under clear skies and some light winds, the temperatures will be drop into this 40s and down right cool out there. the trend is real, real nice and this is tuesday and looks good for the weekend. the accuweather seven-day

forecast and is coming up. >> looking forward to that. thank you, gary. speaking of warm and nice, a warm welcome home today in the district as dozens of soldiers return from a 10-month deployment from afghanistan. they're members of the d.c. national guard. delegate norton was on hand for the ceremony at the d.c. armory. >> i know your families and the district of columbia thank god that each and every one of you have new returned. >> the soldiers are members of the national guard's 273rd police company and stationed at bagram air base during the deployment. many have deployed multiple times. >> great to see the smiles and the reunions. paintings by picasso, matisse and monet stolen from a museum. the details on the high-stakes heist in holland coming your way next. >> if you have a story idea,

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but he's really creating debt. the facts are clear. obama's four deficits are the four largest in us history. he's adding almost as much debt as all 43 previous presidents -- combined. and over 30 cents of every dollar obama spends is borrowed. much of it from countries like china. he's not just wasting money, he's borrowing it and then wasting it. we can't afford four more years. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message.

. it's the kind of things that happen in a movie, but a major art heist played out for real. seven popular paintings ripped off from the museum before dawn. amy kellogg has details on this multimillion theft. >> reporter: it's a stunning blow to the art world. dutch police confirming seven well-known modern paintings stolen from a rotterdam museum before dawn. >> and somewhere up the street and on a tuesday morning. we have a report -- of a museum in rotterdam and after the police arrived, we found out that seven paintings were stolen. >> reporter: the daring hoist is one of the largest in years in the netherlands. and comes as the museum is celebrating the 20th anniversary.

thieves bypassing a state-of- the-art security system walking off with pieces worth hundreds of millions by picasso, monet, and matisse among anothers of the -- others. >> it's quick and so thieves were not able to steal many paintings, but, unfortunately, they managed to get out a few pantings. >> reporter: the works were part of the triteop foundation collection, including dozens of other famous paintings by artists like salvador dali and andy warhol. all being exhibited publicly as a group for the first time. authorities now reviewing surveillance video and trying to figure out how the crocks managed to pull off the sophisticated crime. they say that thoughs have limited options other -- that thieves have limited options other than black mailing owners in the museum. >> and they remain in the crime scene for many, many years and main, because they can't sell them, they might destroy them. again, it's impossible to sell them. >> reporter: the paintings have since been registered internationally as stolen. investigators are calling for

any witnesses to come forward n. london, amy kellogg, fox news. >> the preliminary hearing for the case against the italian cruise shift that -- ship that collapsed off of the coast of italy was held in a theta -- theater instead of the courtroom. a judge is deciding whether the ship's captain should be criminalally charged. yip know -- it capsized in jan off of the coast of italy. >> they going to decide if they're going to bring the ship mates in for criminal charges as well and, furthermore, they're going to present the evidence of what mechanical failures were wrong on the trip and who was trained in policies and procedures. put in place to evacuate people and make the case. >> the hearings will help establish whether the ship's captain should stand trial. >> a virginia man who underwent a face transplant in march continues to improve. an update on his recovery and a

photo of what he looks like now. and two more drugs linked to a nationwide meningitis outbreak. [ mimitt romney ] look at the evidence of the last four years. under the president's policies, middle income americans have been buried. they're just being crushed. middle-income americans have seen their income come down by $4,300. this is a tax in and of itself. i'll call it the economy tax. i'm not going to raise taxes on anyone. my plan is to bring down rates to get more people working. my priority is putting people back to work in america. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message.

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. we have a health alert about the outbreak of fungal american inkitis. the concerns are growing and the fda wants doctors to contact every patient who received any type of injection from the new england pharmaceutical company and comes as the agency officially investigates two more drugs. jonathan sery has the latest. >> reporter: the number of meningitis cases continues to rise with two more confirmed cases in florida and the number of cases nationwide also increasing. now, another disturbing revelation. the food and drug is expanding its investigation into the compounding center, the pharmaceutical company responsible for the batch of

contaminateed steroids shots linked to the meningitis outbreak. the fda is looking into two more drugs from the compounding company and is asking doctors to contact patients who got go any injections made by the necc. the fda said the new warning is based on reports of a patient with possible meningitis who received a different steroids shot than the ones linked to the outbreak in death. the fda also reporting a case of non-meningitis in a patient treated with a cardiac drug. the latest cases are still under investigation and have not officially connected them to the necc. they aren't taking chance. the necc facing legal trouble as well. a tennessee woman and her husband filing a $15 million lawsuit against the company. she claims to have contracted meningitis after receiving a contaminated steroids shot and has been recovering in the

hospital for almost a month. >> never dreamed anything like this would happen. i am sure none of the other patients thought it would happen either. >> reporter: the tennessee attorney expects to foil a dozen additional lawsuits in the coming days. tennessee is the state hardest hit in the meningitis outbreak, with more than 50 cases reported in that state alone. in atlanta, jonathan sery, fox news. >> alarming and revealing new information released from the longest followup today isy to date on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. it found adult men diagnosed with adhd have children with less education, lower income and that is not all. rick hughes is a clinical psychologist and mother of an adult son with adhd and happens to be the ceo of children and adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or c.h.a.d. good to have you here, ma'em. >> thank you, will. >> the findings show a portion of boys with adhd have greater difficulty in life.

>> reporter: adhd is, contrary to our thinking 10 years ago, is a life span disorder and it continues for many people throughout well 3 -- their lives. >> what kind of percentage are we talking about? >> we think about 4.5% of the population of adults have adhd, and that is a significant number of people. >> reporter: men -- . >> men diagnosed with adhd struggle with jobs and relationships. it's not just education but expands beyond that. >> the symptoms of adhd are problems with attention, impulsivity and hyperactivity and we think of those in terms of children. for an adult, it's hard to organize and hard to plan and hard to follow through, problems with the short-term memory and one of the pieces of good yous is that it didn't

look at the impact of treatment, and so what we have is a followup through a major period of time. our treatment has changeed. >> what is on the horizon now, right -- ruth, to turn the tide here? >> we have certainly many, many more medications and in addition to medications, we have an understanding of what a person needs. if you're an adult, we're talking about setting up external supports in your life and what we call behavioral interventions. learning the skills you need and to set up your environment and to get help from those around you to structure your lives. >> right. >> and we're seeing more happening with cognitive rehabilitation and we think 10 years from now, we'll have a number of other interventions that are helpful. >> and like you said, the study

started in the no one 70s, a lot has changeed and you're do -- the 1970s, and a lot has changed. and you're doing some work with your son and many others. thank you for joining us tonight. >> thank you, will. seven months after receiving a full face transplant, a virginia man is doing l. look for yourself. those pictures show richard noris before the surgery. and that is the first on the left. the other, six days after surgery and the middle, and the third on the right of the screen. that is 114 days after the surgery. the 36-hour transplant included the replacement of jaws, teeth, tug, and skin. he can eat by his mouth. he can taste and smell and he's regaining his speech and can smile and show expression. he was hurt in a gun accident in 1997. incredible. and it's not something you see every day. elephants on the loose on a mississippi highway and we have the pictures to prove it. and still had, a woman gives

birth in her car and something went wrong and a homeless man stepped in to save the new born's life. and that is coming up after the break. break. man: to sosome people, social security is just a number.

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responsible for the content of this advertising. we've got 23 million people out of work or stopped looking for work. they're suffering in this country. the president would prefer raising taxes. the problem with raising taxes is that it slows down the rate of growth. i'm not going to raise taxes on anyone, because when the economy's growing slow like this, when we're in recession you shouldn't raise taxes on anyone. my plan is to bring down rates to get more people working. my priority is putting people back to work in america. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message.

. welcome back. another incredible story to share with you tonight. this one ends well and did not start off that way. a woman in oklahoma city gave birth by hi woman and her baby was saved by a homeless man. the new born had her umbilical chord wrapped around her neck. a traveling homeless man saw what was happening, untied the court and freeing the baby's neck. he can be heard on the 911 call placed to paramedics. >> six inches from the baby. do not cut it. >> yes, ma'em. >> okay. >> okay, i'll do that. six inches away from the baby. >> he kept me pretty calm, actually. telling me everything is okay, she's breathing. >> mother and baby are fine now. >> wow what, an incredible

story. imagine seeing a pack of elephants walk around as you are driving down the highway. it happened in mississippi. a truck pulling a trailer full of circus elephants wreckd this weekend and they got out. they were eventually rounded up in a new trailer and towed to their destination in louisiana. coming up next, first it was plastic bags at the grocery store and the plastic sandwich bags could be losing their popularity. and also ahead, a shakeup at city bank. the bank ceo resigned. we'll have details. >> and gary's back with the full forecast. fox 5 news at 5 is coming back. investments, personally, about paid 14% in federal taxes, is that fair to the guy higher rate than you did? romney: "yeah, encourage economic growth." us. is that the way to grow america? this message.

maryland schools are number one in america because we invest in them. but we can do even more. every year marylanders spend five hundred and fifty million dollars at casinos in other states. question 7 keeps that maryland money in maryland through expansion of gaming in maryland. it will mean hundreds of millions of dollars for our schools. as governor, i can promise you, that money will go to education. that's the law and that's what we'll do. vote for question seven. but he's really creating debt. the facts are clear. obama's four deficits are the four largest in us history. he's adding almost as much debt as all 43 previous presidents -- combined.

and over 30 cents of every dollar obama spends is borrowed. much of it from countries like china. he's not just wasting money, he's borrowing it and then wasting it. we can't afford four more years. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. . a shakeup at the nation's third largest bank. the ceo of citigroup stepped

down abruptly today. he is credited with -- the bank in the 2008 financial crisis. the news comes a day after the bank reported strong third quarter earnings. city group is offering no explanation for the sudden resignation. shareholders have -- the pay packages. if you're looking for work this holiday season, jobs are available in our area. amazon hiring 50,000 temporary workers across the country. the company has one insterling, by the way and amazon experts -- expects thousands of the hires to stay on at a time. macy's, wal-mart and others are planning to hire this year. it's time for laura's lights. laura evans is hunting down products and services we hope will make your life easier. the best part is that that they have local ties.

i'm excited about this. >> reporter: i am so excited about this and those are great, great products and cool services. and the first one is, the idea is born around the kitchen table. >> uh. >> and three local mom when is got together in 2008, talking about the sandwich bag statistic and that is 20 million bags from school lunches. >> wow. >> and end up in landfills. they created lunkingskins, the -- lunchskins, the reusable lunch bag. they're a snack bag, colorful, food sake dishwasher friendly. throw them in the dishwasher. the manufacturer is in wilkes bar, pennsylvania, 1% of sales goes to help and protect the historic cno canal. you can buy them online at the container store. >> this is my question, have you tried them out? >> i have.

>> okay. >> and they close easily. they 899 for the bigger bags, $7.85 for the smaller bags, the snack bags and this is the biggest they sell, $10.99 and come for two. >> and how many plastic bags? >> this is cool. >> okay. >> and this is a company, a couple out of georgetown, deb and ben johns. >> uh-huh. >> and they live in georgetown. they have their company in georgetown and started with the simple-to-the-bag. the whole -- the simple tote bag and they were using tart bags and wanted to create a stylish bag at an affordable price. they start at $16 and go up to

$100 and can you use them from going grocery shopping to toting, whatever you want. >> yeah. >> and the name scout is from the dog issue a dachsund and it's nice to see when companies give back. >> absolutely. >> so this couple have a party every year at their home in georgetown and goes to pediatric patients burdened by medical bills that they have to pay and this is the last one, caters to parents. the child said he or she wants to learn how to play bad mitten, pottery, be a cartoonist or dance. activity rock allows to you bruise by activity to find the -- browse by activity to find the right one for you. you have a toddler and want to do a mommy and me gym class and you plying in the specifics.

voila, several pop up. can you refine it with times and days and this is not just for young kids but up to age 18, including camp, winter every break, spring break and summerca. it was launched a year ago by a couple of moms and they hope to expand the inven fory in a couple of months. again, the activityrockets.com. >> yeah. >> and what can do you. back to you. thank you, and here we go with the camera. >> we learned we have no cool stuff without mom. >> i think you're right. >> and if you us weather like the next few days, i will get you some of the lunch bags. >> bring them. >> yeah. >> and my wife will get mad. >> and no, no, you bring them home.

>> getting them for my kids? >> yeah. >> and not for me. >> let's go. >> and a pretty good day. there is one bump in the road and if we look at the seven- day, you will like it and this is that bump in the road here, a chance of showers on thursday and that is looks like it's late on thursday and when i mean showers, there is showers and a chance of thunderstorms, too, and as we get closer, we will figure out if there is anything strong. 64 in up to. gaithersburg 59 and with a great evening to enjoy and temperaturesdro into the 40s by late this evening and there is nothing going on and they getting heavier rain there and

there is that chance tomorrow we could see some of this and tomorrow looks good. mostly fair overnight, and chilly, not as cold as this morning and -- i'm sorry, colder than it was this morning temperature in the upper 60s -- city, upper 40s and that is going to be cooler there with some light wind and clear skies. fifty in the city, upper 40s in the suburbs and the bus stop and keep that in mind. a few clouds passing through during the day tomorrow and tons of sunshine and that is looking like tomorrow, even though you don't see it in the day parts here, it looks like tomorrow's temperature will be able to get up to 70 degrees and that high is shifting over and switches the winds to the south with plenty of sunshine

and we're talking about the possibility of high temperatures getting up to 70 degrees, 70 degrees plus. and certainly, everybody is going to be in the upper 60s and what canament to sunshine and i am thinking we're in good shape and in terms of what to expect, this is your seven-day forecast, and this is your seven-day forecast. and where is the warm up? i think is to is good. >> that is good. >> and inside is real good and some clouds late thursday afternoon and some showers. most of that is before sunrise on friday. the temperature is 70 degrees and that is three of the next seven days. you know, in the 70s and they're cool or saturday, 67; 68 on sunday and that is pretty nice and we're still talking

about the good looking weekend and on to monday and tuesday of next week, 71 and 73. >> okay. >> and the weekend is looking good for the virginia cold cup. >> and any plans look okay. an "american idol" runner- up inked a deal with another hit fox show and this gal here, jessica sanchez, will appear in a recurring role on the fourth season of glee. loved her on idol, amazing voice. show finished second to phillip phillips and has been busy recording her debut cd. no word on what kind of roll error she's going have ogle. i'll bet she's going to sing -- have on agreement . tina faye and amy poehler teaming up to host the show. the gig will amount to a saturday night live reunion for the duo. they were on that show for years. this year, the globe's ceremony will air january 13th, three days after oscar nominations are announced.

now to the talk of the town on tmz. paul ryan is getting his hands dirty on the campaign trail and dax holt has more. what are you hear something. >> this is the deal. paul ryan goes to this ohio soup kitchen and there is photographs of him in the kitchen washing ditches and he's scrubbing down and people are going, wait, did you go in to wash disheses -- dishes or set it up as a photo op to make yourself look good. we talked to the person who runs the soup kitchen, he said that paul asked to go in and clean the dishes and sounds like his people called ahead of time and said leave some dirty dishes in the singe. paul will come in and clean them and he did so. >> the question is -- . >> dax, i understand that apparently. >> yes. >> and what happened, from what wonder also hearing hear is that the person who runs that

thursday is not allowed and the paul ryan campaign was not supposed to be there. >> yeah, he's surprise -- his surprise snowed up and there was no permission given to him and he went in and took the pictures. the big question is don'titol pitch yab -- politicians do this all of the time. were the dishes dirty or did he go in and scrub clean dishes? and -- to make it look like he was cloning stuff. >> very interesting, we'll leave that to the public to decide. let's talk about robert pattinson and kristen stewart. together again? is this true or another photo op? >> it's been twice in two days they were photographed together, they went out to dinner and lunch yesterday and seems like they're hunky door, they're not holding hands or kissing, they're just together

with their friends in public, knowing they're going to get the photograph taken. she bought a house five minutes dofrom where robert has his house now, and clearly, she's staying close to him. >> very interesting. we'll so you here at 6:30, dax. and now to brian bolter for a look at what is next on the news edge six. brian? >> new on the news edge, a controversial immigration program cut in prince william county. why county leaders say it's necessary to keep the streets safe and politics is playing a huge role in funding. a longtime d.c. council member officially under investigation for his involvement with metro. and going through changes, why more and more businesses are packing up and leaving the heart of the district. the dis [ male announcer ] president obama says he's creating jobs,

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right now. the stage is set for round two, between president obama and republican nominee mitt romney. in just a few hours, the second presidential debate kicks off at hofstra university, presenting different goals. mitt romney is trying to keep the momentum going and president obama trying to gain a lot of that ground he lost during the lackluster performance in denver. and tom fitzgerald has more now. >> reporter: when you consider the president enjoyed big leads in the polls prior to the first debate and dropped sharply off after it conclude, there are some signs tonight that mitt romney is really looking to keep the momentum going. you have to say that the president tonight also feels am say way. he needs a turnaround. the romney campaign is expecting a more fiery president obama while the obama campaign is trying to get the candidate back on track.